-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The death toll from the devastating tornado that ripped through Joplin , Missouri , last month has risen to 155 , a city spokeswoman said Monday .

The previous death toll , reported on Friday , was 154 .

The most recent death was Edmon A. Cooper , Joplin city spokeswoman Lynn Onstot said . Cooper died from injuries sustained during the May 22 tornado , Onstot said . No other details were immediately available .

The Joplin tornado was the deadliest single U.S. twister in more than 60 years , according to National Weather Service records . It left a 13-mile-long trail of destruction through the southwest Missouri city , stripping the bark from trees and smashing homes into unrecognizable rubble .

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The previous death toll , reported on Friday , was 154

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The Joplin tornado was the deadliest single U.S. twister in more than 60 years